Mysore/Mysuru: Over 20 fully grown trees including 18 shade-giving Honge varieties were chopped to widen the road in Vijayanagar First Stage yesterday. The trees were cut amidst stiff opposition from some of the residents and Green activists who argued with the Forest Department, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development (MUDA) authorities. These trees…
Keep your masks on; MCC checking squads are here
December 8, 2021Strict vigil at malls, theatres to allow in only double vaccinated Omicron scare causes a surge in people visiting vaccine centres Mysuru; With the second wave of the pandemic petering out, instances of people being fined for not wearing masks have considerably decreased and this gave the people an impression that COVID-19 has gone away….
‘Uniform tax for all commercial properties’
November 17, 2021MCC Commissioner assures businessmen Mysuru: Under fire for levying what the traders have called unreasonable Property Tax for businesses, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has finally relented, providing a major relief to commercial property owners. MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has assured that the classification of commercial properties for tax collection will be discontinued and…
MCC begins disconnecting water pipes linked to UGDs from terraces
November 17, 2021Rs. 2,000 fine to be imposed if residents do not cut off pipes themselves Mysuru: With many house owners connecting pipes from terrace to Underground Drainage (UGD) pipes to let rain water flow into it, which is resulting in rainwater mixed sewage water overflowing from manholes as the UGD pipes cannot bear such pressure, the…
After Outer Ring Road: Debris-dumping rampant on city roadsides
November 15, 2021Mysuru: After MUDA formed teams comprising officers from various Departments to watch out for illegal dumpsters on Outer Ring Road (ORR), now people have started dumping building debris on the sides of prominent roads in and around the city. Debris of demolished buildings such as broken floor tiles, cement bricks, cement plastering and other such…
Over two lakh people miss 2nd vaccine dose
November 7, 2021Health officials launch door-to-door jab drive for first and second dose Mysuru: The Mysuru District Health Department, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Self Help Groups and other volunteers have launched a door-to-door campaign to vaccinate a large number of unvaccinated people in the city and also in the district. What is seen as a worrying factor…
Public Library building turns into a den for illegal activities
November 7, 2021There are plans to open a PHC in the building, says Mayor Mysuru: The two-floor Public Library building on the 3rd Cross in KHB Colony, Kuvempunagar 4th Stage, adjacent to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Ward No. 59, which was constructed by spending lakhs of rupees by the MCC, has now become a den for illegal…
LED streetlight project sees light
October 23, 202160,000 bulbs to be replaced by energy-efficient bulbs 7-year project handed over to New Delhi-based firm MCC will not spend even a rupee under agreement LED project, however, will not include dark Ring Road Mysuru: The 2015-16 proposal of the State Government to replace conventional streetlights with energy-efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights in Mysuru…
MCC issues notice to land developer for digging trench on road illegally
August 20, 2021The trench was being dug to lay UGD pipes for private layout Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Zone-5 Commissioner has, on Wednesday, issued notice to a private land developer for not taking permission to dig the road to connect UGD pipes of a private layout. A private layout is coming up adjacent to the road…
Sewage Farm-like waste dumping spot on city outskirts irks residents
April 26, 2021By Mohan Kayaka Mysore/Mysuru: In a sharp contrast to Mysuru’s honour of bagging the Cleanest City tag for two successive years just a few years ago, a Sewage Farm-like waste dumping spot has come up on the outskirts of the city, which has irked the residents. Heaps and mounds of wastes, garbage and debris that…
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